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'Ukraine Is Not a Brothel' is a 2013 Australian documentary film directed by Kitty Green. The film debuted at the 70th Venice International Film Festival, although it was not part of the competition. The documentary concerns the FEMEN () movement, a feminist protest group originating from Ukraine.

Content



The film is a documentary on the activities of FEMEN, a Ukrainian feminist movement known for topless protests. The filmmaker Kitty Green followed the activists for over a year, in Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey. It documents the protests and the resulting harassments and arrests over a span of fourteen months. The film showcases the four activists who form the core of the film.

The documentary shows Viktor Sviatsky as a driving force of the group FEMEN. He is the manipulator of all the protests and, in essence, commander of the females.

The activists of FEMEN participated in the promotion of the documentary. They claimed that the situation in the film, i.e. under the leadership of Viktor Sviatsky, is actually part of the past, since he was ejected from the movement in 2012.

Cast



* Viktor Sviatsky

The four principal women of FEMEN ():

* Inna Shevchenko (Inna evenko) ( )

* Alexandra Shevchenko (Aleksandra Shevchenko) (Sasha Shevchenko) (Oleksandra evenko)

* Anna Hutsol (Hanna Hucol) ( )

* Oksana Shachko (Oksana ako)

Release



The film was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival of Venice. At the festival photocall the activists appeared topless, as is usual for their protests

Critical reception



Glenn Dunks and Christopher Schobert of 'The Playlist' on IndieWire gave the film positive reviews.

Accolades

On 9 September 2014, 'Ukraine is Not a Brothel' won for the Best Feature Length Documentary by Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, awarded at the 4th AACTA Awards at The Star Event Centre, Sydney, New South Wales in late January 2015

See also



* Security Service of Ukraine

* Prostitution in Europe Ukraine

* Ost-Arbeiter Ukrainian

* War crimes of the Wehrmacht Wehrmacht brothel system

* Prostitution in Turkey

* List of Australian films of 2013

References




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